Show american legion to meet next wednesday the april meeting of 0 the frank E pete peterson r s 0 n p post s t of the american legion will W be b held h e 1 da at a t the athenaeum hall wednesday the the meeting to be for followed by a dancing party to which all the legionnaires the members of 0 the auxiliary their wives and sweethearts are arc invited the members are requested quested le to invite and bring at least one friend to loin join with us in our spring frolic the music Is to be furnished by the jacobs hot spot orchestra mr jacobs promises to light up the place so that even the blind may see the problems of the disabled ex service men are becoming more and more complicated from day to day first the prolonged depression then comes a cut of at least 15 per cent in disability benefits for all and for a large number the complete elimination of disability benefits followed by the flight from the gold standard and the depreciated dollar and the increase of commodity prices because of these things the gratuities received will have a purchasing power very much less jess than heretofore forcing a lower standard of living and a smaller consumption of consumers goods A sort of a vicious circle however the american legion realizes that wo we are now in an economic war with all the rest ot of the world and we are willing to draft both men and money to support president roosevelt and congress in the fight to whip the depression war debt propaganda Is one ot of our immediate objectives A propaganda which Is and directed by a masters hand depreciated currency which makes it possible tor for other countries to climb over our tariff walls and undersell under sell our manufacturers dumping goods withdrawing gold and at the same time increase our unemployment problem in playing the game of a depreciated currency garet caret garrett has this to say by debasing the american dollar we have everything to loose and nothing to gain we can not have the same objectives as the debtor nations they have their debts to get rid of and we have the supply ot of gold which they want we can loose botn both the gold and the debts but we cannot win a thing where Is the country in the world whose gold we want where Is one whom we owe money by debasing the american dollar in the hope we would be able to dump our goods upon other countries taster faster than they could dump their goods on us we would have neither gold to gain or debts to get rid of if the war debts are to be disposed of to the satisfaction of our debtors they will then become a fixed charge upon the cost of american production and will have to be paid out of the pockets of the american i public the taxpayer the laborer and deduction from the disability of the veteran W J BARDSLEY park city utah april 20 1933 |